Chapter 9: The Great Producer Jiang
“Don’t be nervous.” Jiang Shu smiled, placing his hand on Zhang Yuanying’s shoulder, and personally helped the bowing girl stand up.
“Your President and I made a deal. I value you greatly, so I exchanged one of our company’s debut group members with President Yang, wanting you to join our company.”
Zhang Yuanying’s heart trembled.
Although she hadn’t heard of DM Entertainment, she understood the terms “debut group” and “deal with President Yang.”
Did he mean that, for her sake, this handsome President in front of her actually exchanged a member of his own company’s debut group with YG, just to bring her over? And he even came to pick her up personally?
This barrage of information made the young girl’s head spin.
“Won-young xi, are you willing to come to our company?” Jiang Shu extended his right hand towards Zhang Yuanying.
Zhang Yuanying looked up at Jiang Shu. The young man’s tone was sincere, and his gaze upon her was like looking at a rare treasure.
This unprecedented importance filled Zhang Yuanying with a sense of recognition from head to toe.
Her gaze towards Jiang Shu changed slightly.
“Yes!”
Zhang Yuanying responded crisply, placing her hand in Jiang Shu’s palm.
Secretary Li, standing behind, sneered.
He found Jiang Shu’s method of winning people over meaningless.
She was just a B-rank trainee, truly demeaning.
…
Zhang Yuanying’s small mouth slightly agape, looking at Jiang Shu as he sat in the driver’s seat.
Being young, she didn’t have much feeling for luxury cars. What shocked Zhang Yuanying was that the President actually drove to pick her up personally?
“Get in,” Jiang Shu said to Zhang Yuanying, patting his car.
“Yes!” Zhang Yuanying came back to her senses, responded sweetly, and was about to sit in the back when Jiang Shu held the car door, looking at him confused.
“You sit in the passenger seat.”
Choi Ji-yeon: “?”
The car started.
Zhang Yuanying sat somewhat reservedly in the passenger seat, secretly glancing at Jiang Shu’s profile, then quickly withdrew her gaze like a thief.
Seeing that Jiang Shu wasn’t paying attention to her, she glanced again.
Choi Ji-yeon in the back silently watched Zhang Yuanying’s small movements, feeling very emotional.
When she first started working, she also often secretly looked at her President, after all, this man was truly handsome.
YG was not far from DM Entertainment; they arrived shortly after driving.
Choi Ji-yeon took Zhang Yuanying to register, while Jiang Shu returned to his office and called Director of Trainees Minister Kim and Minister Park of the Marketing Department.
“President nim.” The two uncle-level ministers, their suits bulging from their bellies, bowed and greeted Jiang Shu.
“The debut group members will undergo some adjustments. Lisa will be removed, and Liu Zhimin and Zhang Yuanying will be added.”
“Okay.” Minister Kim nodded. They all knew about Lisa being traded to YG by Jiang Shu.
These mid-level cadres unanimously believed that Jiang Shu was giving up, and they were indifferent to his last struggles. They thought, “Let’s just hold on for a while, I’ll do whatever you tell me to do.”
Jiang Shu looked at Minister Park.
“Change the debut song. What a terrible song.”
Minister Park: “?”
“President, that terrible… uh… debut song was bought by you for 30 million. Do you really want to change it?”
Jiang Shu: “???”
“How much did you say?”
“Uh… 30 million, korean won,” Minister Park repeated.
Memories of the original body surfaced in Jiang Shu’s mind.
It seems… it really was.
DM Entertainment did not have a production department.
Are you kidding me!
The production department was full of producers. Could a small, broken company like DM Entertainment afford such high-quality talent?
The original debut group’s debut song was bought by Jiang Shu with money.
Jiang Shu raised a hand and rubbed his temples.
“I’ll write the debut song.”
“Huh?” x2.
Jiang Shu met two pairs of skeptical eyes.
“No, what kind of look is that?” Jiang Shu looked at the two unhappily.
“President, producing a song is not a simple matter, let alone a group’s debut song!” Minister Park advised.
“That’s right, President. Let’s leave song production to professionals,” Minister Kim echoed.
“Shut up!” Jiang Shu slapped the table. “I didn’t write songs before because I was getting familiar with K-pop. Now I realize that the producers in the industry are only at this level, it’s time to show my strength.”
Jiang Shu waved his hand grandly, his confident demeanor making the two look at each other.
Minister Kim: Who gave the President such confidence?
Minister Park: Maybe that terrible song?
Minister Kim: That’s really possible, that song is quite terrible.
Minister Park: What should we do?
Minister Kim: Let’s find a new job.
Minister Park: Agreed.
“We will follow your instructions, President!” x2.
Jiang Shu looked at the two bowing in front of him, always feeling that these two old foxes were a bit off.
But it didn’t matter. With a K-pop music library in hand, Jiang Shu was not flustered at all.
He waved his hand.
“You may all leave.”
The two bowed and exited the office.
Jiang Shu leaned back in his chair.
Now the new girl group only needed a lead vocalist, which wouldn’t affect the positioning of the debut song.
“Whose debut song should I use?”
Sometimes having too many choices wasn’t good.
“Re-encounter the World”?
No, the Dark Three Kings don’t deserve this song.
“Shake the Sticky Rice”?
Forget it, sisters, don’t sing yourselves to death on stage.
“Fearless”?
This song seems okay, but can this style of song be accepted in this day and age?
“Black Mamba”?
Boss… no, this song doesn’t match Yuan Shen.
With Yuan Shen’s height next to Xiao Liu, can she still jump? What if there’s no bond, what will happen to my big Liu Zhimin?
Huh?
Wait a minute!
Jiang Shu’s eyes lit up.
A group with a huge height difference, Autumn senior!
And it also fits the double C concept, the double towers!
As for IVE, it seems like the other members don’t quite fit?
Never mind, it’s not important. If the style isn’t enough, the makeup will make up for it. I’ll just directly do their makeup according to the sisters!
However, Xiao Liu and Yuan Shen’s makeup can’t be based on Ahn Yujin and IVE’s Yuan Shen. Yuan Shen still needs to copy IZ*ONE’s homework in the early stages.
Xiao Liu, on the other hand, can directly go for the cool and cute style of the middle and late stages. The early cold and glamorous look won’t work at all.
As for the others… it doesn’t matter, they’re all just accessories for the double C’s anyway, it’s all the same.
Confirming IVE, which song should be the debut song?
Go straight with “Love Dive” or stick with “Eleven”?
It’s hard to say whether the explosion of “Eleven” was due to the song itself being popular or the popularity inherited by the double towers from IZ*ONE. Anyway, Jiang Shu felt this song wasn’t very good.
But without “Eleven” as a precursor, would going straight to “Love Dive” work?
Wait a minute!
Jiang Shu suddenly realized a problem.
Why did he have to choose from the first few songs?
IVE’s songs aren’t just the first three that became popular; there are more later!
A melody and chorus of a song appeared in Jiang Shu’s mind. Although this song wasn’t a debut song, as a debut song, it was explosive enough!
Hmm, it’s decided happily.
The great Producer Jiang is about to arrive in his loyal K-pop!